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Today's
quotation:
It seems, oddly
enough, that it's people with a strong faith who are best
able to live in the present moment. Enjoyment of the
present, care for
the quality of life: these are a kind of reverence, a
kind of faith in life
itself. The present is valuable, this faith tells
us: it is all we have.
Karen Casey
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Today's
Meditation:
"A kind
of faith in life itself." This is what has been
developing in me over the years, and possibly the most
important aspect of living my life as fully and completely
as possible. I don't claim to live that way, only to
aspire to live that way, but as my faith in life
increases, I find that it grows easier and easier to
accept all that life gives me and to make the most of it,
without worrying at all about what's not in my life
because I know that if it's not there, it isn't what's
best for me-- at least not yet, because it may be there one
day.
This
is the kind of faith with which we can feel that even if
things aren't turning out as we wanted them to, or tried
to make them turn out, they're turning out for the
best. Even if something seems bad right now, we're
going to see that it's happened for a very good reason
that we simply don't see immediately. It's a faith
that allows us to roll with the flow of life rather than
trying to make life what we think it should be-- knowing
that life really does "know" what's best for us.
When
I allow life to be what it is and do my best to accept it
completely, my present moment is filled with appreciation
for this moment and an innate curiosity about just why
this moment happened to be. I see moments as
enjoyable lessons that are here to be savored, even if
they may not seem to be too pleasant. Many a time
that I thought was somehow "bad" turned out to
be quite good, and my main regret is that I didn't enjoy
those moments-- rather, I squandered them wishing that they
were something else.
Life
goes on, and one of our jobs is to go along with it, to change with it, to enjoy it, to be an integral part of
it. And to trust it, for with that trust comes the
ability to enjoy without worrying what tomorrow may bring.
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